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James Franco at Sundance: Poet With a Killer Soap-Stare
Watching the Sundance premiere of Howl—about beat poet Allen Ginsberg and his notorious verse—you gotta wonder: How does James Franco memorize all those lines of poetry? It's simple—he doesn't!
I caught up with Franco in Park City this week, and he explained why. But don't think he can't remember lines. When filming his guest stint on General Hospital, the man had to memorize 77 pages a day.
Check out the clip for the full chat—and to see me and James battle it out in a soap stare-down!
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See who showed in the snow in our 2010 Sundance: Star Sightings gallery.
Ryan Gosling at Sundance: Mom Makes Me Nervous
Ryan Gosling stars with (the amazing) Michelle Williams in one of the hottest movies at Sundance this week, Blue Valentine, and the two opened up to me about their globe-hopping romance.
The film's maybe a little too hot for Ryan, who's mom attended the Park City screening. Check out the video to hear how he kept her distracted during the naughty parts (hint: an iPod).
Meanwhile, Sundance regular Michelle tells me...
But Why Are Your Aliens Blue, James Cameron?
Avatar may be a worldwide blockbuster, but the question still remains: Why are the people of the faraway moon Pandora blue?
I asked director James Cameron when we spoke recently, and what he said about the Na'vi's blue hue makes complete sense. Hit the clip to see what he says.
Jake Gyllenhaal Goes to Prison, Packs on Pounds!
Visiting inmates, bulking up, getting cozy with Natalie Portman—it's all serious work for Jake Gyllenhaal while filming Brothers. He spills all about the buzzed-about drama, and dishes on next summer's action-packed Prince of Persia.
I also talked to his costars, so hit the jump to hear what Portman has to say about politics, and Tobey Maguire leaks about Spidey 4...
Cullen Clan: The Total New Moon Interview
Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed and Elizabeth Reaser reveal how they became a family on set, talk Twilight fame and more.
Hit the clip for my all-hands Cullen family debriefing.
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New Moon mania is peaking! Keep track in our gallery of magazine covers
Kristen Stewart: The Total New Moon Interview
I got a chance to sit down with Kristen Stewart recently, and she dished all about how the Twilight cast took New Moon to a new level—and the heartache of being dumped. Hit the clip.
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Follow all the action in our New Moon World Tour Madness gallery!
Taylor Lautner: The Total New Moon Interview
Taylor Lautner puts everything he's got into his character Jacob Black, and gets way more involved in the saga's second film. Hit the clip to see what he told me last week when we talked about The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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Follow all the action in our New Moon World Tour Madness gallery!
Robert Pattinson: The Total New Moon Interview
I sat down with the New Moon cast recently, and they had a lot to say. Robert Pattinson dished on fame and dental work, but more importantly shared his secrets on how to break up with a girl.
Also, Dakota Fanning explained how she managed the whole regular-teenager thing while filming a vampire movie, and Kellan Lutz spilled a shocker: He may have bagged your groceries.
Hit the jump for more.
Taylor Lautner's Not "Randomly" Taking Off His Shirt
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Taylor Lautner's known for flashing his abs of steel, but the teen werewolf insists that all those shirtless scenes—of him and the wolf pack—in The Twilight Saga: New Moon aren't purely gratuitous.
"There's definitely reasons behind it for the film," he told me over the weekend. "When we transform, we don't have clothes, we have to go find our clothes. And we're hot, we're 108 degrees. So it's not like we're randomly taking our shirts off for no reason."
Robert Pattinson also told me he's been self-conscious about his own looks. His one regret about signing on for Twilight?
Aniston Bombshell (or Not ): "I Was Out of Control!"
There's something heavy, and deep, about the new romance Love Happens, but stars Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart gave me a few tips on keeping things light.
Aniston dishes about how she and Eckhart got way "out of control" on set, especially during a tense dating scene. Hit the clip to get the full interview!
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Catch Jen on Chelsea Lately, this Thursday at 11 p.m.
Eric Bana + Rachel McAdams = Naked Time Travel!
It's got quantum physics! It's got romance! It's got Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana! There's lots to dig in the adaptation of best-selling book The Time Traveler's Wife, and the stars had plenty to dish about when we sat down recently. Bana on getting naked, McAdams on The Notebook, and both on how that whole chemistry thing works.
Hit the clip for the full story, and follow the jump for more of my interview, and Rachel revealing her food obsessions.
Brad and Angelina Talk Rednecks, Basterds and Gettin' Old
Before hitting the red carpet for the L.A. premiere of Inglourious Basterds last night, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie totally stopped traffic outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, ambushed a tour bus, shook hands with fans and then dished about it.
"This is my neighborhood," Pitt told me afterward, as the power couple headed down the carpet into Quentin Tarantino's World War II flick. "I ride my bike up and down [Hollywood Boulevard] a lot, and there's always fans and tourists out here, so I always try to give them a little wave."
Angelina had plenty to say, too, most of it about Brad...